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Arezoo Islami

Arezoo Islami is an Iranian philosopher and a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. Her areas of specialization include philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, logic, and the philosophical relationship between mathematics and physics.

Philosophy of Science and Mathematics1 video

James Robert Brown

James Brown is a prominent Canadian philosopher of science and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. He is renowned for his groundbreaking research on the role of "thought experiments" in science and his Platonist view in the philosophy of mathematics.

Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Mathematics1 article

Hossein Kamaly

Hossein Kamaly is an Iranian historian and scholar of Islam who holds the Imam Ali Chair in Shia Studies and Dialogue Among Islamic Schools of Thought at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace in the United States. Coming from a background in engineering and mathematics, he earned his PhD in history from Columbia University and taught for years at Columbia and Barnard College before joining Hartford. His research centers on the religious and intellectual history of Iran from the Qajar era to the Islamic Republic, as well as the history of women in Islam.

Islamic Studies, Shia Studies, and the Intellectual History of Modern Iran1 article

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

Khajeh Nasir al-Din Tusi, born 597 AH in Tus and died 672 AH in Baghdad, was a philosopher, theologian, mathematician, astronomer, and one of the greatest Iranian scientists of the Islamic world. He wrote enduring works in philosophy, ethics, logic, theology, mathematics, and astronomy, and played a significant role in the history of science by founding and organizing the Maragheh Observatory. His works, especially *The Nasirean Ethics* and *Tajrid al-Iʿtiqad*, have been influential in the philosophical and theological tradition of Iran and the Islamic world.

Philosophy, Theology, and Mathematics

Omar Khayyam

Ghiyath al-Din Abu al-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Khayyam Nishapuri, known as Omar Khayyam, was an Iranian philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and quatrain poet of the 5th and 6th centuries AH. His global fame today largely rests on the quatrains attributed to him.

Philosophy, Mathematics, Literature1048–11314 articles

Rene Descartes

René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, and one of the founders of modern philosophy. Through his method of doubt and the proposition 'I think, therefore I am,' he profoundly influenced modern philosophy and science.

Philosophy and Mathematics1596–16505 articles

Roozbeh Tooserkani

Rouzbeh Touserkani is an Iranian researcher who holds a degree in electronic engineering from the University of Tehran and a PhD in mathematics from Sharif University of Technology. After teaching mathematics and algorithm courses at the computer science faculty of Sharif University of Technology, he worked as a researcher in the mathematics department of the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM). Alongside his specialized work, Touserkani has conducted lecture series on psychoanalysis and culture, understanding the Quran, religions, and the relationship between science and religion.

Mathematics, Religious Studies, and the Psychoanalysis of Culture2 articles

Siavash Shahshahani

Siavash Shahshahani, born in 1942 in Tehran, is an Iranian mathematician and professor emeritus at Sharif University of Technology. He received his PhD in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, and has worked in fields such as geometry, topology, dynamical systems, and mathematics education. Shahshahani has also been an influential figure in the development of the internet in Iran and the management of the .ir national domain.

Mathematics and Philosophy of Mathematicsb. 19421 article

Gholamhossein Mosahab

Gholamhossein Mosahab was a prominent Iranian mathematician, logician, translator, and encyclopedist who played an important role in the development of scientific language and modern research methods in Iran. He was the founder of the Persian Encyclopedia and is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern mathematics education and mathematical logic in Iran.

Mathematics, logic, lexicography and encyclopedia studies1910–1979

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist, and natural philosopher, and a pivotal figure in the Scientific Revolution. Through telescopic observations and studies of motion, he defended the heliocentric model and played a major role in the emergence of modern science.

Astronomy, physics, and natural philosophy1564–1642

Gottlob Frege

Gottlob Frege was a German philosopher, logician, and mathematician and one of the founders of analytic philosophy in the twentieth century. Through his works on mathematical logic, philosophy of language, and the foundations of mathematics, he had a profound influence on thinkers such as Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and the analytic philosophical tradition.

Philosophy of logic and philosophy of language1848–1925

Mohammad Ardeshir

Mohammad Ardeshir Behrestaghi, born 1956, is a full professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Sharif University of Technology and a researcher in mathematical logic. His main areas of work are basic logic, intuitionistic logic, constructive mathematics, and the philosophy of mathematics. His book *Mathematical Logic* is a well-known educational work in this field in Iran.

Mathematical Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics1 article

Manouchehr Zaker

Manouchehr Zaker is an Iranian mathematician, a full professor, and a distinguished graduate of Sharif University of Technology. His specialized research has been published mainly in graph theory, graph coloring, and discrete mathematics, and alongside his academic work, he has also written about the state of the university, critical thinking, and the poverty of thought in Iran.

Mathematics and the Critique of Thought1 article

Mahdi Iranmanesh

Mehdi Iranmanesh is an Iranian mathematician and associate professor in the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences at Shahrood University of Technology, specializing in pure mathematics and functional analysis. In addition to his academic work, he has also published an independent work on the ethics of dialogue.

Mathematics, Philosophyb. 196211 articles

William Kingdon Clifford

William Kingdon Clifford (1845–1879) was a British mathematician and philosopher known for his work in geometry and algebra, as well as his famous essay "The Ethics of Belief." He argued that believing without sufficient evidence is morally wrong.

Philosophy and Mathematics1845–18791 article

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